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adibchoudhury on June 15, 2015 | parent | context | favorite | on: Why did crime plummet in the US?

Still a bit skeptical of the abortion theory from Freakonomics. Correlation does not imply causation.

LordKano on June 15, 2015 [–]

The reduction in environmental lead exposure makes much more sense than Roe v Wade.

State by state, country by country, it matches up to a crime reduction more than abortion.

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